Pump



1. W.REGISTER.

v PUMP. APPL|-CATION FILED NOV, 2,1920.

Pama sept. 20,1921.

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PATENT oFFlcE-,

JAMES REGISTER, or JASPER, vFL`o1stIDA.-j.

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` To all 'whom t may concern."

ABe it known that I, JAMES W. REGIsTER,-a citizen of the United States, lresidinat Jasper, in the county of Hamiltonand tate of Florida, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pumps, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to 'the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to pumps and has for an object to provide a pumping system actuated by passing trains, whereby use is made of the speed of momentum and weight oftrains for actuating the pumps for various purposes, such, for instance, as supplying water to a municipality, pumping water for a railroad water tank, or for any other purpose where water under high pressure is required.

A further object of the invention is to provide vpumps in juxtaposition to the rails of a railroad, having yielding arms actuated by the passing wheels, which, in turn, actuate the pistons of the pumps to accomplish pumping in the usual well-known manner.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of an installation of the pumping system in conjunction -with conventional rail and wheels, one cylinder bein shown in section;

Fig. 2 is an en arged detail view of the yielding arms and piston rods;

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the mechanism shown at Fig. 2; i

Fig.L 4 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic -view showing the installation of a battery of pumps relative to the rails of a railroad. Y

Like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several vlews.

The improved pumping system which forms the subject matter of this application is made up of a plurality of pump cylinders 10 which may be of any size and length, and in which reciprocates a piston 11. The piston 11 is attached to a piston rod 12 which extends upwardly through the bottom plate 13 of the rail 14, which isapertured to accommodate the bowed springs 15, which are Secured to the piston rods 12 in any approved manner, as by theuse of bosses 16,

and form yielding ramps over which pass the wheels 17 of a railroad train, o1' other ent invention.

i Application-sied November' 2, 1920. serial` No. 421,387.

rolling stock. The cylinders 10 are secured beneath the rail in any approved manner, as by the use of struts 18, vthe yspecificv attachlng meansforming no part of the pres- -The cylindersA and pistons are provided with the usual valves ordinarily employed for' the purpose in' such pumping installations, such valves.'` being not shown'. f-

It is designed that a plurality ofv pumps be installed in a single installation, as shown diagrammatically at Fig. 5, being properly spaced upon both sides of the railroad track, so that the wheels upon both sides of the trains operate and actua-te the pumps by passing over the yielding ramps 15, depress` ing the pistons 1l, forcing the water from such cylinders to the pipes 19 into the common pipe 20, receiving water in turn through the pipes 21 and branches 22. The wheel having passed off from the ramp 15, the resiliency of the ramp itselr` raises the piston attached thereto to such position that the next impingement of a wheel thereon repeats the operation.

The pumps may be assembled in any num- Speciatioh of Letters Pate-14111, f Patented sept. 20,1921.`

ber as may be deemed desirable, depending upon the amount of water to be which, of course, is in turn controlled to a considerable extent by thenumber of wheels passing over thev vseveral ramps per day. The 'pumps assembled, as shown at Fig. 5, are only intended to indicate the grouping and without any limit to the number being intended thereby.

In operation, the pipes 21, being connected with a source of water supply, the actuation of the pistons 1l in the cylinders 10 will draw water from such pipes and force it through the pipe 20 to storage inthe usual well known manner of actuating pumps. They passing of each wheel over each of the ramps will cause a single stroke of the piston and the number of units employed and the knumber of wheels passing will determine the amount of water supplied b the installation.

The oregoingdescription of the construction and operation of the device, as well as lthe illustration, in conjunction with a railpumped,

i pistonthe application ofweight thereto by Vso that a spring return for the piston is provided, and if used in Connections other than with a railroad', some other form of spring thanthat shown might hev found to operate reater .advanta e. .l Y hat I claim to e new isz' 'lQThe combinationV with an Vapertured railroad rail of a Cylindermounted beneathapiston mounted within the cylin Y der','fa"p iston-rod extending above the cylinthe rail,

derand within the aperture of the rail, and

the passage ofi v the cylinder. i

av spring ramp secured to the piston rod and located Within the aperture. 1

2. The combination with an apertured railroad rail' of apump cylndermounted Y beneath the rail, a piston mounted'to recipe rocate'within the cylinder,y a piston'rod carf ried by the piston extending upwardly with-f rail,a spring ramp having its opposite ends bearing upon the bottom of the aperture and its upwardly bowed Center bearing upon the piston rod and conduits conneetedwith lin -the aperture andabove the `lines oflthe.v

In testimony whereofV I hereunto Y signature in presence of two witnesses..A ff, Y Y JAMES W. ,-REGISTEB-- [Witnesses: A

" SQM. IERK'INsg` HILDA REGISTER. 

